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Good for screening, Attracts birds, Attracts butterflies, Attracts bees, Recommended for creating shade, Quick growing trees
Evergreen trees, Suitable for road median planting, Suitable for avenue planting, Good on seaside

Apium graveolens an erect, annual or biennial herb, native to Europe and now naturalised and occurring wild in the foot-hills of north-western Himalayas and the outlying hills of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Roots succulent, well-developed, numerous; stems branching, angular or fistular, conspicuously jointed, up to 2.4m in height; leaves oblong to obovate, 7-18cm long, pinnate or trifoliolate, radical leaves with large deeply lobed segments, cauline tripartite; segments once or twice trifid, coarsely toothed; leaflets ovate to sub-orbicular, 3-lobed, 2.0-4.5cm long; flowers white or greenish white very small, in short-peduncled or sessile compound umbels; fruit a schizocarp consisting of two mericarps, suborbicular to ellipoid greyish brown to brown with pale ridges, 1.2mm in diam, aromatic and slightly biter.

Asparagus racemosus an extensively scandent, much-branched, spinous under-shrub, with tuberous, short rootstock bearing numerous fusiform, succulent tuberous roots 30-100cm long and 1-2cm thick, found growing wild in tropical and sub-tropical parts of India including the Andamans; and ascending in the himmalayas up to an altitude of 1, 500m. Stem woody, whitish grey or brown armed with strong, straight or recurved spines 5-13 mm long; cladodes more or less acicular, 2-6 nate, falcate, finely acuminate; leaves reduced to sub-erect or sub-recurved spines; In july flowers white with a pink tint, mounted on short, thorny stems, fragrant, small, profuse in simple or branched racemes up to 7cm long; bewrries globose, scarlet, trilobed, 4-6mm in diam. Red berries appear in September. The rhizome with roots has good medicinal value. It is used in treatment of bronchitis, cancer, inflammation

Allamanda cathartica an erect, evergreen, variable shrub, up to 4m in height, widely grown in Indian gardens. It is native to Guyana and naturalized in many parts of central, eastern and southern India, and in Andaman Islands. Leaves whorled, obovate to oblong-lanceolate, 8-12cm x 2.5-4.0cm, wavy; flowers large, showy, bright- or golden-yellow, in terminal, cymose panicles; capsules prickly; seeds many, obovate, flat, winged.

Ipomoea palmata a perennial glabrous climber with palmately cut leaves almost to the base into 5 oblanceolate, obtuse, mucronate glabrous segments. Fruit like capsule, glabrous. Seeds pubescent with woody margins. It can attains a height of 8-10ft. The slender stems are hairless (i.e. glabrous), grow in a twining habit, and sometimes produce roots at the joints (i.e. nodes).Thealternately arranged leaves (3-10 cm long and3-10 cm wide) are divided into five or seven narrow lobes, like the fingers of a hand (i.e. they are palmately lobed). These leaves arehairless (i.e. glabrous) and borne on stalks (i.e. petioles) 2-6 cm long. The funnel-shaped (i.e. tubular) flowers arepurple to pinkish-purple (occasionally white) with a darker purple centre. They are borne singly or in small clusters on short stalks originating in the leaf forks (i.e. axils). These flowers (4-6 cm long and 5-8 cm across) have five petals that are fused into a tube (i.e corolla tube) and five small sepals (4-7 mm long).Flowering occurs throughout most of the year.Thefruit capsules are more or less globular (i.e. sub-globose) in shape and turn from green to brown in colour as they mature. These capsules (10-12 mm across)contain four largebrown seeds (about 6 mm across) that are slightly three-angled in shape. The seeds have smooth surfacesinterspersed with densetuftsof long silky hairs. It can propagated by seeds.

Myristica fragrans is a dioecious or occasionally monoecious evergreen, aromatic tree, usually 30-40 ft high, but sometimes reaching a height of 20m or more. Bark greyish black, longitudinally fissured in old trees; leaves elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous; flowers in umbellate cymes, cremy yellow, fragrant; fruits yellow, broadly pyriform or globose, 6-9 cm long, glabrous, often drooping; pericarp fleshy, 1.25 cm thick, splitting in 2 halves at maturity; seed broadly ovoid, arillate, albuminous, with a shell-like purplish brown testa; aril red, fleshy, laciniate. M. fragrans is a native of Moluccas, not cultivated in many tropical countries of both hemispheres. In India it is grown in Madras state (Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Salem, Ramanathapuram, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari and Madurai districts: a few trees are found in various localities in Kerela, Assam and other states.

Lagerstroemia speciosa a medium-sized to large deciduous tree with a rounded crown, distributed more or less throughout India, especially in Assam, Bengal and Deccan Peninsula. Bark smooth, greyish, exfoliating in irregular flakes; leaves oblong-lanceolate or ellpitic; flowers in large panicles, mauve to purple; capsule ellipsoid or sub-globose; seeds pale brown.

Murraya koenigii a handsome, aromatic, more or less deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 2.5 metres height and 15-40 cm. in diam, found almost black; leaves bipinnate Leaflet 9-25, ovate, lanceolate or somewhat rhomboid, irregularly crenate-dentate, acuminate, obtuse or acute, base usually oblique, almost glabrous above, pubescent beneath, glanddottted, strongly aromatic; flowers in terminal corymbose cymes, white, fragrant; berries sub-globose or ellipsoid, purplish black when ripe, 2-seeded. Fruits, round to oblong, 1.4 to 1.6 cm long, 1 to 1.2 cm in diameter; weight, 880 mg; volume, 895 microlitres; fully ripe fruits, black with a very shining surface; pulp, Wistaria blue 640/2; the number of fruits per cluster varying from 32 to 80. Seed, one in each fruit, 11 mm long, 8 mm in diameter, colour spinach green 0960/3; weight, 445 mg; volume, 460 microlitres.

Indigofera tinctoria a shrub 2mt. high, found nearly throughout India, mainly as an escape from cultivation. Leaves are1-3 inch. long, with 7-13 leaflets; leaves are green when fresh, grayish black when drying, tender branches bluish red in color , flowers red and sessile ;pods glabrescent, slightly curved or straight, -1 in. long. This species is very variable. It is considered to be Asian in origin, though it has been recorded as occurring wild in Africa. it is used as inflammatory, anti diabetic, anti epilective, anti bacterial, anti oxidant, antihelminthic.

Nigella sativa a small herb, 12-18 inch high, native of Levant, said to be cultivated or occasionally found as a of cultivation in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Assam. Leaves 2-3 pinnatisect, 2.5 - 5.0 cm long, cut into linear - lanceolate segments; flowers pale blue, 20 - 2.5cm across, without an involucre, on solitary long peduncles; seeds trigonous, black, rugulose tubercular

Coriandrum sativum an annual herb, 1-3 feet high, with small, white or pinkish purple showy flowers borne on compound terminal umbels. The lower leaves are broad with crenately lobed margins, while the upper ones are narrow, finely cut with linear lobes. The fruits are globular and ribbed, yellow brown in colour and range in size from 2.0 - 3.3 mm. diam. When pressed they separate into two halves (mericarps), each containing a seed. Coriander is a native of the Mediterranean region and is extensively grown in India, Russia, Central Europe, Asia Minor and Morocco. Flowering occurs in June-July. And seeds ripen from Aug.-Sep. the flowers are hermaphrodite and pollinated by seeds. The plant is self-fertile. It can grow in semi shade. It prefers dry and moist soil. It is native to Europe. It is used in anti dirrhoeal, appetizer, aromatherapy, aromatic, carminative, expectorant, stimulant, nacrotic.

Cymbopogon flexuosus the source of commercial citronella oil occurs in two cultivated forms (i) Lena Batu and (ii) Maha Pengiri or old Citronella Grass, also known as Winter Grass. The plant attains a height of 36-60inch. The leaves are alternately arranged, parallel veinel, one mt. in length. The flowers are zygomorphic and arranged in terminal panicles. Each flowering unit is a spikelet at the base of which are 2 yellow-brown structures called glumes. The spikelets are in pairs. The lower spikelet is pedicellate with the pedicel covered with pubescence, while the upper spikelet is sessile. In each spikelet there are 2 flowering structures each is subtended by 2 additional structures (lemma and palea). The lower unit is fertile and has 3 unfused stamens and a superior ovary with a single locule and seed. The palea of the fertile spikelet has an awn to 8 mm in length. The upper unit is sterile. The fruit is a caryopsis at maturity. The latter has been raised to the status of a separate species, C. winterianus Jowitt. Both forms are cultivated in Ceylon, but at present lena batu is the more extensively cultivated as it is hardy, grows on poor soil and does not require much attention. It is grown also in Seychelles. Maha pengiri is the principal cultivated citronella grass of Java.

Schleichera oleosa is A medium-sized to large, deciduous or nearly evergreen tree, up to 20mt. in height and 2.4 - 3.7 m in girth, usually with clear bole of c. 6 m, found in the sub-Himalayan tract for Kashmir to West Bengal and in central and penisular India, up to an altitude of 900m, especially in the moist localities; also recorded from the Garo hills. It is often grown for cultivation of lac, for oil, and for ornament. Bark grey or brown, reddish inside, exfoliating in small, round, irregular flakes c. 8 mm. thick; leaves paripinnate, 20 - 40 cm long; leaflets elliptic or elliptic-oblong, coriaceous, 5-25 cm x 3-10cm, 2-4 pairs; flowers minute, yellowish green, either male or bisexual, in axillary racemes; berries smooth or slightly prickly, globose or ovoid, hard-skinned, 1.25 - 2.5 cm, x 1.1-1.8cm, 1-2 seeded; seeds brown, irregularly ellipsoidal, 1.0 - 1.5cm x 0.8 - 1.25cm, slightly compressed, oily , enclosed in a succulent aril which dries up on the seed.

Saraca asoca is a small evergreen tree, 15-20ft. high, found wild along streams or in the shade of evergreen forests. It occurs almost throughout Indian up to an altitude of 750m in the central and the eastern Himalaysa and the Khasi, Garo and Lushai hills; it is also found in the Andaman Islands. Leaves paripinnate, 15-20cm long, leaflets 6-12oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 7.5-22.5cm x 1.25cm, rigidly sub-coriaceous; flowers orange or orange-yellow, eventually turning vermillion, very fragrant, in dense axillary corymbs; pods flat, leathery, 10-25cm x 3.5-5cm, seeds 4-8, ellipsoid-oblong, 38cm, compressed.

Acacia farnesiana is a thorny bush or small tree reaching at height of 9mt. height, native to tropical America, and cosmopolitan in the tropics. The flowers are hermaphrodite have both male and female organs. It can fix Nitrogen. Flowers processing done through distillation by which a perfume called Cassie. It has become naturalized in almost all parts of India. Leaves bi pinnate with stipular spines; flowers bright yellow, fragrant, in axillary heads; pods 5.0-7.5cm long, dull brown. The best soil for its cultivation is light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, but it prefers mainly well-drained soil. It can tolerate drought.

Tecomella undulatais tree species, locally known as Rohida in Urdu '' found in Thar Desert regions of northwest and western India & Pakistan. This plant attains a height of 2-6mt.It is a medium sized tree that produces quality timber and is the main source of timber amongst the indigenous tree species of desert regions of Shekhawati and Marwar in Rajasthan. The trade name of the tree species is Desert teak' or Marwar teak.

Tecomella undulata is a deciduous or nearly evergreen tree of arid and semi arid regions. It occurs on flat and undulating areas including gentle hill slopes and sometimes also in ravines. It is well adapted to drained loamy to sandy loam soil having pH 6.5-8.0. The species thrives very well on stabilized sand dunes, which experience extreme low and high temperatures. It grows in areas of scanty rainfall (annual 150-500mm) and high temperature (35 C to 48 C). It can withstand extreme low temperature (0 C to 2 C) during winter and high temperature (48 C to 50 C) in summers. The tree is a strong light demander. It is drought, frost, fire and wind hardy. At the time of flowering (December-February) it produces beautiful showy flowers in yellow, orange and red colours. Three types of flower bearing trees can be observed near to each other in the same vicinity.

Distribution of Tecomella undulata is restricted to the drier parts of the Arabia, southern Pakistan and northwest India up to an elevation of 1200 metres. In Pakistan in Attock kala chita mountain where its local name is it is found in Baluchistan and Sindh. In India, it occurs naturally in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana.

The species is mainly found to occur in western parts of Rajasthan. In other states its population is scanty and very rare. In Rajasthan, Tecomella undulata is found in Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Pali, Ajmer, Nagaur, Bikaner, Churu and Sikar districts.

Tecomella undulata is an accepted tree species in agro forestry and large population is found in agricultural lands. It can be observed growing in community land, forestland and orans in association with Prosopis cineraria, Capparis decidua, Maytenus emarginata, Zizyphus spp. And Salvadora spp. In agriculture land it generally grows in association with Prosopis cineraria.

Erythrina indica is a moderate - sized tree of rapid growth. it is a broad and spreading tree attains a height of 6-9mt. it has mmany stout branches that are armed with black tigers claw spines. There are curved claw spines on the long stalks too. The leaves are compound, with three diamond shaped leaflets, each about 6inches long. Flowers are bright searlet in dense racemes, 2-3inches long in dense terminal clusters. Flowering occurs little during the summer too. Pods torulose, cylindrical, 6 - 15 in long and constricted between reddish brown seed. Seeds are 1 8 in numbers.

Vicia faba a hardy, erect, simple-stemmed annual 1 mt. tall native of N. Africa and N.W. Asia, introduced into India and at present widely cultivated all over the country for the beans which are used as a vegetable. Leaves pinnate, leaflets 1-3 pairs, elliptic to oblong, 5-10cm long obtuse buyt apiculate; flowers in small racemes, white with large purplish blotches; pods variable, up to 40cm long, thick, up to 10 seeded; seeds brown, green, purplish, or black, much compressed.

Cassia alata, the leaves of C. alata Linn., are reported to be effective in curing ringworm. The plant attains a height of 10-15ft. Leaves are alternate, even pinnately compound, entire, oblong, obovate, 2-4inches and green in colour. Flower is yellow in colour; flowering occurs in summer, flowers are showy. Pods are 6-12inches, brown in colour. It is moderately drought tolerant. It grows in full sun. Caterpillars cause the problems for plant as they eat foliages and flower buds. Propagation is mainly done by cutting and also by seeds. Bruised leaves are mixed with lime juice and spread over the affected part. A decoction of the leaves and flowers is used internally in bronchitis and asthma, and also for washing eczematous patches. The plant contains chrysophanic acid and is poisonous to stock.

Bombax ceiba, a large deciduous tree, buttressed at the base, grows up to 30mt. in height, with a clear bole of 24-30 m.and a girth upto 2-3mt. The plant is widely distributed throughout India, up to the elevation of 1, 500 m or even higher. The palmate leaves measure up to 24 inches in length, with 3 to 7 lanceolate or elliptic, smooth and leathery leaflets. Bombax ceiba flowers consists five scarlet, red or white petals. The flowers measure about 6 to 7 inches in length, and up to 7 inches in width, and are placed solitarily or in clusters. The large fruits measure up to 6 inches in length, and are pointed and ovoid, filled with smooth hairs. Its wood when sawn fresh is white in colour. However with exposure and passage of time it grows darkish grey. Small Bombax ceiba seeds are dark brown in color, in woody capsules. Bombax ceiba wood is used for construction work and is popular for making plywood, matchsticks, matchboxes etc.

Piper nigrum a branching, climbing perennial shrub, mostly found cultivated in the hot and moist parts of India, Ceylong and other tropical countries. Branches stout, trailing and rooting at the nodes; leaves entire, 12.5-17.5 by 5.0 - 12.5cm, very variable in breadth, sometimes glaucous beneth, base acute rounded or cordate, equal or unequal; flowers minute in spikes, usually dioecious, but often the female bears 2 anthers, and the male, a pistillode; fruiting spikes very variable in length and robustness, rachis glabrous; fruits ovoid or globose,

Phoenix canariensis it is a native of Canary Islands, is a hardy, fast growing, ornamental palm more than 12mt. in height, cultivated in some Indian gardens. Foliage are dark Green in Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter. Flowers are oval, cream and Pale Yellow in Summer, 2cm (0.79in) long and 1cm (0.39in) in diameter. Fruits are Red and Yellow in Autumn. It is a stately tree with a large crown and is suitable for growing in groups and along avenues and borders of parks and lakes. It prefers well-drained, acid or neutral, loam soil. The bark is Gray-brown, bases of dead leaves leave unique diamond shapes on the trunk.

Dodonaea viscosa is a cosmopolitan, variable, evergren shrub or a small tree, occurrring almost throughout India. This plant attains height of about 1-3mt, but rarely can reach upto 10mt. The leaves are simple elliptical, 6-13 cm long and 2-4 cm broad, and secrete a resinous substance. The flowers are yellow to orange-red, produced in short racemes. The fruit is a capsule 2 cm broad, red ripening brown, with three wings. It is found gregariously in western Himalayas as undergrowth in Pinus roxburghii Sarg forests and in dry miscellaneous forests ascending to 6, 500 ft. It is also found in the drier regions of south India up to an altitude of about 8, 000 ft. It regenerates profusely by seed and is useful species for reclothing denuded tracts.

Elettaria cardamomum a tall herbaceous perennial, with branching subterranean rootstock, from which arise a number of upright leafy shoots, 5-12ft. high, bearing alternate, elliptical or lanceolate sheathing leaves, 1-3 ft long. Flowers borne in panicles, 2-4 ft long, arising from the base of vegetative shoots; panicles upright at first and ultimateliy pendient or prostrate; flowers about 1.5 inches long, white or pale green in colour with a central lip streaked with violet, borne in a close series on the rachis; they are bisexual, but self-sterile, and open in succession from the base towards the tip. Furits trilocular capsules, fusiform to ovoid, pale green to yellow in colour, containing 15-20 hard, browinish black, angled and rugose seeds, covered by a thin mucilaginous membrane. The herb is also helpful in treating gum and teeth infections, throat congestion and kidney disorders. It is sensitive to drought and water-logging.

Vetiveria zizanioides a densely tufted grass, found throughout the plains and lower hills of India, particularly on the river banks and in rich marshy soil, ascending to an altitude of c. 1200 m. Clums arising from an aromatic rhizome, stout, up to and over 2m. tall, in dense tufts, with stout spongy aromatic roots; leaves narrow, erect, keeled, glaborous, margins scabrid; inflorescence a panicle (15-40cm long) of numerous slender racemes in whorls on a central axis; spiklets grey green or purplish, 4-6mm long, in pair more or less alike in shape and size, different in sex, 2-flowered, lower floret reduced to a lemma, upper bisexual in the sessile, male in the pedicelled spiklet, glumes armed with short, tubercle-based spines, lemmas awnless, palea minute.

Phoenix dactylifera a tall tree, up to 80ft. in height, cultivated or occasionally found self-sown in some parts of India. Trunk covered with persistent bases of petioles, the base usually surrounded by a mass of offshoots or suckers; leaves in open crown, pinnate up to 5m long, greyish green, pinnae 20-40cm long, linear, keeled, lower pinnae modified into spines; flowers in branched spadices small; fruit an oblong berry, 2.5-7.5cm, long, reddish or yellowish brown when ripe; seed cylindric, bard, with a longitudinal furrow.Date palm has been known to exist from prehistoric times in the warm dry zone, extending from North-West Africa to South-West Asian Countries. It is extensively cultivated throughout this region. It is believed to be originally indigenous to countries around the Persian Gulf and even today Iraq remains the most important centre of the date production Dates have been cultivated in West Pakistan, probably since early Mohammedan invasions, and constitute an important fruit crop there. Cultivation of dates has also been taken up in some other warm countries, and in California and Arizona in USA it has assumed commercial importance.

Pueraria phaseoloidesVigorous, deep-rooted, perennialtwining andclimbinglegume, slightly woody, hairy. Its main stems are slender, 6 mm in diameter and up to 10 m in length, rooting at the nodes upon contact with moist soil. Secondary branches arise from the nodes to create a dense mass of vegetation 60-75 cm deep if left ungrazed or uncut. Young shoots are densely covered with brown hairs. Leaves large, trifoliate, borne on petioles 5-10 cm long covered withascendinghairs. Leaflets thin, triangular-ovate, 2-20 cm x 2-15 cm, usually very shallowly lobed; lateral leaflets oblique 6-7 cm long and wide. Flowers small, mauve to deep purple, borne in scattered pairs in axillary racemes about 15-30 cm long on peduncles about 12.5 cm long.Podstraight, or slightly curved, linear, cylindrical, 4-11 cm x 3-5 mm, thinly covered with stiff adpressed hairs, turning black when ripe. Seeds 3 mm x 2 mm, oblongto squarish with rounded corners, brown to brownish black in colour. 10-20 seeds/pod. Seed weight 81400-88000/kg.

Callistemon viminalis, commonly known as Weeping Bottlebrush, is a native to New South Wales, Australia. The tree grows to a height of 25-30 feet and has a pendulous, dense, low-branching and multitrunked spread, measuring about 15 to 20 feet in width. A weeping effect is created by narrow, 3 to 4 inches long, light green leaves, which grow exclusively on the edges of long and hanging branches. Inflorescence is bright-scarlet in color, and is cylindrical and about one inch wide in shape, with long, bristle-shaped stamens. Flowers are red in colour. Leaves are alternate, simple, entire margin, lanceolate and linear shape, parlel leaf venation. Leaves are evergreen. The plant is highly drought tolerant. And grows in full sun.it is used as ornamental tree. Callistemon viminalis seed capsules are placed close to the branches, and release the seeds in about one year. The tree prefers moist and well-drained soil and require full sunlight for growth. Callistemon viminalis is very popular for its ornamental value, and is used for decorative plantations across lawns and parking lots.

Passiflora edulis is a woody climber, native of Brazil, not cultivated in all parts of the world, chiefly for its edible fruits and for its ornamental flowers.The plant attains a height of 9mt. Leaves deeply 3 - lobed, coarsely serrate; flowers solitary, up to 7 cm in diameter, white, often tinted with purple; fruit 4-5 cm in diam, globose or ovoid, with a hard rind, enclosing an edible pulp and numerous small seeds.This plant has been introduced into India and is now reported to thrive well in Nilgiris(Coonoor) and to have done well in the Araku valley in Andhra Pradesh. Passion fruit is moderately drought tolerant and can be grown in different soils. This plant does require a position in the landscape that receives full sun for best flowering and fruit production. Passiflora alatocaerulea is widely planted, and forms no fruit. There are many other exotic or introduced Passiflora species grown in tropical climates.

Anethum sowa an annual, glabrous, aromatic herb, up to 1.2m in height, cultivated throughout India chiefly in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharasshtra, Assam and West Bengal. Leaves decompound, ultimate segments filiform, 8.3mm long; flowers pale yellow in compound umbels; fruits subelliptical, dorsally compressed 3.0-5.0mm x1.5-2.5mm, glabrous, with 3 longitudinal ridges, winged, with 2 mericarps, the mericarps remain joined together even under stored conditions, vittae with marginal walls appearing irregular, and having thickenings near the angles.

Cycas revoluta is cultivated in Indian gardens. The plant attains a height of 3.5mt. it is a slow growing plant, with larger leaves, pinnately compound, 4-5ft. long. The dark green stiff leaflets have a linear shape with a shiny upper surface. The trunk is dark brown, thick and appears shaggy. The male and female reproductive structures are in the centre. The male resembles a large con, which is upto 2feet in length. The female organ resembles a yellow furry globe, and there are many bright orange seeds that are 2 inches in diameter. It is drought resistant. The seeds contain: crude protein, 14; soluble non-nitrogenous substances, 68; and combined formaldehyde, 0.164 - 0.22%. About 90% of the formaldehyde can be removed by washing the seed flour with water.Washed meal is cooked and eaten. It is used as astringent, cancer, diuretic, expectorant.

Pueraria javanica Vigorous twining and climbing slightly woody, deep rooting legume. This plant attains a height of 10mt. Leaves large, trifoliate, leaflets thin, triangular, ovate, very shallowly lobed. Small mauve to deep purple flowers borne in scattered pairs in axillary racemes about 15 to 30 cm long. Pods straight, slightly curved, linear, cylinderical, 7.5 - 8.5cm long, black when mature containing 10 - 20 seeds. Seeds oblong to squarish with rounded cornes, brown to brownish black, about 3 mm.

The Purple Orchid Tree is an exotic tropical tree that blooms over a long period of time. The beautiful & fragrant, classic, Orchid-like flowers of Bauhinia purpurea makes this small tree. Bahuinia purpurea is a small to medium-size deciduous tree growing to 17 feet (5.2 m) tall. The leaves are 1020 centimetres (3.97.9 in) long and broad, rounded, and bilobed at the base and apex. The flowers are conspicuous, pink, and fragrant, with five petals. The fruit is a pod 30 centimetres (12 in) long, containing 12 to 16 seeds. Leaves are alternate.

Canna indica is a perennial growing to between 0.5 m and 2.5 m, depending on the variety. It is hardy to zone 10 and is frost tender. The flowers are hermaphrodite Canna indica sps. can be used for the treatment of industrial waste waters through constructed wetlands. It is effective for the removal of high organic load, color and chlorinated organic compounds from paper mill waste water.

Taxodium mucronatuma semi-evergreen or evergreen, magnificent tree, up to 40ft. in height and 15m in girth, much allied to T. distichum, introduced into the Nilgiris, Kerala and Dehra Dun. It differs from T. distichum by its habit, more tender leaves and longer male inflorescences. In Kerala, it has been found to grow fairly well above 800m. It has been found to grow fairly well above 800m. It is well suited also to the soil and climate of Dehra Dun. Propagation is done by both seeds and cuttings.

Roystonea regia, a tall graceful palm growing up to 10-12mt. or more with a columnar bole, native of Cuba, found cultivated in Indian gardens. Trunk smooth, generally slightly swoolen about the middle and covered all over with a white substance; leaves up to 3.0 m long, leaflets about 80 cm long and 2.5cm wide; fruits globose-oblong, 1.0-1.6cm long, purplish; seeds broadly ovoid-elliptical, with a homogeneous albumen. The trunk of the Royal Palm is swollen at the base. It constricts about halfway up and then bulges again just below the crownshaft creating a dramatic profile. The trunk is a smooth light gray that looks as if it had been cast from concrete. Royal palm produce a large 3' to 4' inflorescense on which both male and female flowers are borne, just at the base of the green crownshaft. Royal palm is native to cuba.

The flower is 25 millimetres (0.98in) wide and occurs inracemoseorpaniculateinflorescencesconsisting of 4 to 15 flowers. Flowering can occur year-round, but usually two distinct flowering periods are observed, in late spring and in late autumn. The fruit (the ballnut) is a round, greendrupereaching 2 to 4 centimetres (0.79 to 1.57in) in diameter and having a single large seed. When ripe, the fruit is wrinkled and its color varies from yellow to brownish-red.

Besides being a popular ornamental plant, its wood is hard and strong and has been used in construction or boatbuilding. Traditional Pacific Islanders usedCalophyllumwood to construct thekeelof theircanoeswhile the boat sides were made frombreadfruit(Artocarpus altilis) wood.

Theseedsyield a thick, dark greentamanu oilfor medicinal use or hair grease. Active ingredients in the oil are believed to regenerate tissue, so is sought after bycosmeticsmanufacturers as an ingredient in skin cremes. The nuts should be well dried before cracking, after which the oil-laden kernel should be further dried.

The leaves are also used for skin care and also soaked in water and used for eye

Medicago sativa an erect, much - branched perennia, l herb, 0.3 - 1.0 m. high. Leaves pinnately trifoliate; leaflets obovate-oblong, dentate towards apex; flowers purple or violet, in dense axillary racemes; pod slightly pubescent with 2 - 3 spirals; seeds 6 to 8, yellow to brown, kidney-shaped.